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Re: Scalia Wonders If Same-Sex Parents ‘Harmful’ To Children

Originally Posted by Rocketman

Not without external medical procedures or extra partners involved.

False. This is a rather well studied area because it relates to the cause of homosexuality and how it persists in populations (and apparently always has), which raises evolutionary issues to the extent that homosexuality is thought to have a genetic component.

The results indicate that gay men have always fathered children, but at a lower rate than straight men. This accords with the theory that there is a genetic component to gender orientation.

Re: Scalia Wonders If Same-Sex Parents ‘Harmful’ To Children

Originally Posted by Fisher

So religious rights enumerated in the Constitution don't matter to you. Well gay rights don't matter to a lot of other people. All that oppression crap is largely nonsense. It is a political issue not a "human rights" issue no matter how badly you want it to be otherwise. I suspect soon enough the SCOTUS will let you know that.

WTF are you rambling on about? None of what you have written comes close to making a bit of sense. If you'd like to rephrase it in a comprehensible manner that would be appreciated.

"nah i think the way cons want to turn this into a political issue is funny though" - Philly Boss

Re: Scalia Wonders If Same-Sex Parents ‘Harmful’ To Children

Originally Posted by tech30528

Actually the reason Republicans are losing elections is that the electorate is being overtaken by clueless young people who are much more interested in their immediate personal gratification than what is actually good for the country. Turn everything over to the government, surely their intentions are pure so you can spend more time on Facebook and pursuing whatever feels good today. I no longer have any interest in what these people have to say. As far as I'm concerned they will get what they deserve. I'm just out to make sure I don't get pulled down with them. "Change" is not always good even if it feels good today. But hey, you guys will figure that out. Find funding for a few more "unbiased" studies (oddly enough performed by those with an agenda and expected outcome), whatever makes you feel all intellectual and superior for now. When that falls apart for you, don't come knocking.

Re: Scalia Wonders If Same-Sex Parents ‘Harmful’ To Children

Originally Posted by head of joaquin

False. This is a rather well studied area because it relates to the cause of homosexuality and how it persists in populations (and apparently always has), which raises evolutionary issues to the extent that homosexuality is thought to have a genetic component.

The results indicate that gay men have always fathered children, but at a lower rate than straight men. This accords with the theory that there is a genetic component to gender orientation.

But as you and CC realize or should that is complete deflection of the thread titled " Same Sex parents" which is not what your explanation refers to.

Re: Scalia Wonders If Same-Sex Parents ‘Harmful’ To Children

Originally Posted by CaptainCourtesy

Your understanding of human nature, based on the posts in this thread, seems to be lacking. You might want to do something about that.

Based on your posts, I don't think you are an arbiter of what is correct and what isn't with regard to human nature. Human nature and logic do not act in concert, no matter how much you may wish that to be so. Attempting to pillory me for that unfortunate fact won't change a thing.

Re: Scalia Wonders If Same-Sex Parents ‘Harmful’ To Children

Originally Posted by Rocketman

But as you and CC realize or should that is complete deflection of the thread titled " Same Sex parents" which is not what your explanation refers to.

Sure it does. Gay men (or a subset thereof) have historically had relationships with men and women, resulting in children in the latter cases, at a somewhat predictable rate. The fact that some gay men are married, either to men or women, wouldn't alter that.

This accords with the genetic explanation of sexual orientation, which if gay men didn't have children, would have no explanatory power.

There is also a strong correlation between homosexuality and later born males, suggesting not a genetic cause but something happening in utero with later born males, for which there is a pretty good evolutionary explanation (though it remains unconfirmed in terms of the actual biological process going on at the molecular level).

This is what I hate about politics the most, it turns people in snobbish egotistical self righteous dicks who allow their political beliefs, partisan attitudes, and 'us vs. them' mentality, to force them to deny reality.

Originally Posted by Navy Pride

You can't paint everone with the same brush.......It does not work tht way.

Originally Posted by Wessexman

See with you around Captain we don't even have to make arguments, as you already know everything .

Originally Posted by CriticalThought

Had you been born elsewhere or at a different time you may very well have chosen a different belief system.

Originally Posted by ernst barkmann

It a person has faith they dont need to convince another of it, and when a non believer is not interested in listening to the word of the lord, " you shake the dust from your sandels and move on"